Kaiser is an unincorporated community in Miller County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1][2] It is located on a county road just south of Route 42/134. The zip code is 65047.

A post office called Kaiser has been in operation since 1904.[3] The community was named after the local Kaiser family.[4] With America's entry into World War I and the anti-German hysteria that followed, some residents proposed changing the name of the community to Success. However, after some debate, the plan failed.[5]

References

  1. "Kaiser". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Miller County General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  4. "Miller County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  5. McMillen, Margot Ford (1994). Paris, Tightwad, and Peculiar: Missouri Place Names. University of Missouri Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-8262-0972-6.

38°08′01″N 92°35′24″W / 38.13361°N 92.59000°W / 38.13361; -92.59000


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